New Website: The Prabhupada Connection
If you have had any personal association with His Divine Grace, then please feel free to share your memories with us all. Even a moment's association with a pure devotee of the Lord provides inestimable benefit to everyone. Devotees - both old and new alike - share an unquenchable thirst for hearing Prabhupada stories and philosophy. In fact, if we have one thing in common, then it's our love for Srila (Article by Padmapani das)

Words From Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura
There is no peace or happiness in our worldly life. Circumstances create turmoil and annoyance. (Article by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur)

Without Love and Devotion to Radha and Krishna I am Nothing...
As I studied over the years I have come to realize without Bhakti - all I do, all I say and all I think is nothing but sand. (Article by Hank Wall)

Study Shows People Who Sleep 8 Hours Die Sooner than those who Sleep Less
San Diego: Findings from a recent UCSD study released yesterday have awaken a flurry of controversy. (Article by Cheryl Clarke)

Srila Prabhupada on his Godbrothers
Although my godbrothers knew that Prabhupada liked me very much, because I am grhastha, I was known as paca-grhastha. Paca-grhastha mens a rotten grhastha... Related Articles (Article by Mahesh dasa)

Spiritual Advancement--The Simple Method
Sometimes it appears very difficult to make advancement in Krsna consciousness, and we become impatient. If we expect immediate results and they aren't forthcoming, we can easily become discouraged. For those of us who are unable to live in a temple (or even near a temple), this is especially true. So what's the solution? (Article by Padmapani das)

A Practical Prescription to Self Realization
Humans--because of cultural messages, the media, films, and everyday interaction with others--have become so deeply hypnotized and conditioned to cling to materialism that we have forgotten our true nature...divine sparks of Krishna's Universe. Everywhere we look the message is Accumulate and Succeed and your life will be sublime! (Article by Bhakta Brian)

Bhakti Caru Swami's Disappearance Day offering to Srila Prabhupada
Why do we hesitate to tell a new comer who is searching for a guru that Srila Prabhupada, the best guru the world has ever seen, is still here, and one can surrender unto him and go back to Godhead very easily? When we have such a great good fortune, why do we not take full advantage of it? Related Articles (Article by Bhakti Caru Swami)

Srila Prabhupada Our Jagad Diksa Guru: Living Still--In Sound
Just like I have written in the first publications of Srimad-Bhagavatam, the spiritual master lives forever by his divine instruction and the disciple lives with him., because I have always served my Guru Maharaja and followed His teachings I am now even never separated from Him. (Article by Mahesh dasa)

Chanting Hare Krishna on Beads
We can follow Haridasa Thakura's example, however, by chanting sixteen rounds of the Hare Krishna maha-mantra on our beads every day and offering respect to the Tulasi plant. This is not at all difficult for anyone, and the process of chanting the Hare Krishna maha-mantra with a vow before the Tulasi plant has such great spiritual potency that simply by doing this one can become spiritually strong. (Article by Mahesh dasa)

A.A. > T.M. > Reiki > Krishna Consciousness!
At last my life has meaning to it, gone are the fears of death, as the meaning of life and death have been explained for me in The Bhagavad Gita. Every night when I go to bed I am like a child on Christmas eve full of excitement looking forward to the next day. That’s how I feel about getting up a 3.45 am every morning to do my morning program. Related Articles (Article by Martin)

The Prabhupada Story Part 8
If you want to live alone in a secluded place and practice yoga for your own personal benefit that is very nice. But if you want to help others by spreading Krishna consciousness, that is far better. Related Articles (Article by The Editors)

The Imperminance of Knowledge
I love libraries. But I'm kind of worried about their future—and it isn't just libraries but the nature of information and knowledge in this material world. When I was teenager, I thought of libraries as temples of revealed wisdom. Related Articles (Article by Ajeet K Mall)

America Has to Stop Demonism [Prabhupada Speaks Out]
Your leaders do not see this sameness between their demonism and the communists' demonism. America has to stop demonism.  Then your nation will be the real leader of the world.  You understand your duty somewhat; you say, theoretically, ‘In God we trust.’  Now it is your business to actually trust in God and work for Him. Related Articles (Article by Selected by Jagjivan dasa)

We think we have met your goodness by the will of providence
You are the eternal captain of the lotus ship of Lord Caitanya's mercy. We were so fortunate that you picked us up from the ocean of maya and gave us shelter aboard your ship. This ship named Iskcon was plying smoothly through the treacherous waters of Kali-yuga, with your beautiful vapu and your eternal vani always there to help us weather the various storms of maya. (Article by Visoka dasa)

Message of His Divine Grace Sree Sreemad Thakur Bhakti Vinode
Cultivation of higher spiritual knowledge which discerns the matter from spirit does not help us in the achievement of the highest goal. This may be called the life of self-satisfaction as distinguished from the life of self-realisation which means engagement in the transcendental activities of the spiritual world. Self-satisfaction without this self-realisation (attachment for spiritual activities) does not bear any substantial fruit. Related Articles (Article by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura)

We Must Have a Definite Process--SRILA PRABHUPADA SPEAKS OUT
This is the conclusion of an exchange between His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and an official from an impersonalist (God-is-simply-everyone-and-everything) movement. The exchange took place in Paris, on August 13, 1973, with Srila Prabhupada's disciples translating the official's remarks from French. Related Articles (Article by Selected by Jagjivan dasa)

The Prabhupada Story--Part 7
Srila Prabhupada would preach at every opportunity, and there was no way his disciples could slow him down. Related Articles (Article by The Editors)

The Prabhupada Story--Part 4
With great difficulty I got out of India. Some way or other by Krishna's grace I got out so that I could spread the Krishna consciousness movement all over the world. I wanted to start a movement in India, but I was not encouraged. Related Articles (Article by The Editors)

The Prabhupada Story--Part 3
In his heart, always it was burning that the whole world was suffering in the materialistic view - everyone is busy in eat drink and be merry. He was having iron-will and determination about his mission. He was not doubtful at all. Actually, he was always preaching that there was no other way except the Hare Krishna mantra. So, always discussing, sometimes the whole night he was discussing with me. And Related Articles (Article by The Editors)